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Has any organ been transplanted twice ie a heart transplanted then transplanten again to a different patient?
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In 2007 a 45 year old male received a heart which had been previously transplanted in a patient who "experienced non-heart-related complications during the transplant operation. Declared brain dead, the recipient became a potential donor and, with the family's consent, the heart was offered for donation six days after the operation."
Search: "Mike Iwuchukwu" "Cedars-Sinai Medical Center"
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Why cornea is transplanted?
because it is the only part that can be transplanted, and once it's broken, it can't heal again. you have to 'replace' it with a new one
The two most commonlly transplanted organs or tissues?
== == == == At least 21 different organs -- such as hearts, livers, and kidneys -- been transplanted. I believe in 1954, the first kidney transplant was performed successfully. As for the two most common, that I think would be the kidney again and the cornea in the eye. === ===
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If a donor recipient dies can the organ be re used?
Usually the donor's transplanted organ is not transplanted again - it puts a lot of stress on the organ. And depending on how long the donor recipient has been on immuno-suppression for, some of the other organs may not be used (it can affect the kidneys a lot).
Can a heart be donated more than once. Say if the person that got the transplant died could the heart go on to another person?
I think transplanted organs are not generally re-transplanted into another patient (if the first dies). Simply since the organ has already been put under a lot of pressure being moved from the donor to the first recipient - there's a higher risk of failure if it were transplanted again. And there's the possibility that the organ could be getting quite old by that time. Depending on how long the first recipient lived, the organ could also have been subjected to a lot of immunosuppressive drugs, which can compromise it's ability to work over a long period.
How many times can an organ be transplanted?
Usually organs are just transplanted the once, since transplanting them again would increase the chances of organ failure for the next person to get it (particularly if it were a heart). Also, for an organ such as the kidneys, if they are transplanted once they will also be subjected to having to filter out many immunosuppressants and other drugs that the patient is required to take. Over time this does diminish their function, making them unsuitable for retransplantation.
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